The makers of The Walking Dead and Tales From The Borderlands are making a new standalone adventure based on Minecraft.

Details are still thin on the ground but it appears as if Minecraft: Story Mode will be another episodic adventure game very much in the style of Telltale’s previous games – and not an add-on for Minecraft itself.

Telltale describe it as ‘an all-new narrative-driven game series’ that is ‘an original story, driven by player choice’.

‘Telltale’s game series will mix new characters with familiar themes, in an entirely original Minecraft experience, inspired by the Minecraft community and the game that continues to inspire a generation’, adds the official description.

Over on Mojang’s blog they clarify that Story Mode won’t primarily involve Minecraft mascot Steve and that ‘We’re not intending on creating an “official” story for Steve or explaining the world of Minecraft in detail. It will be a cool game.’

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Mojang also states that Story Mode will be released on Xbox consoles, PlayStation consoles, PC, Mac, iOS, and Android sometime next year.

Although critically acclaimed for the first season of The Walking Dead, Telltale Games’ output has always been highly variable in quality. And although the recently started Tales From The Borderlands has so far been very good the Game Of Thrones series is not off to a good start.

And in terms of the real Minecraft, by coincidence the Xbox versions of the game received a major update today, that adds horses, witches, bats and all number of other changes listed here.